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Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2005 Throughout years, the human organism goes through natural aging, having functional and structural changes. The part which is responsible for the corporal balance system also suffers from the aging process, creating great impact for the elderly.Thus, the present paper aims to study the vestibular function of old people suffering from dizziness, tinnitus
Sheelen Larissa Ruwer +2 more
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Northern Clinics of Istanbul, 2015 Ageing is a fundamental biological process in all living beings. Nowadays as a result of developments in preventive and therapeutic medicine, and improvements in the quality of life, ageing of the population is one of the most important demographic issues.
Dilaver Taş, Derya Çinar
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Robotics in Elderly Healthcare: A Review of 20 Recent Research Projects [PDF]
, 2023 Studies show dramatic increase in elderly population of Western Europe over the next few decades, which will put pressure on healthcare systems. Measures must be taken to meet these social challenges. Healthcare robots investigated to facilitate independent living for elderly.
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Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 The tuberculosis (TB) epidemic is most prevalent in the elderly, and there is a progressive increase in the notification rate with age. Most cases of TB in the elderly are linked to the reactivation of lesions that have remained dormant. The awakening of these lesions is attributable to changes in the immune system related to senescence.
Caraux-Paz, Pauline +3 more
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HemaSphere, 2018 AbstractAnemia affects a substantial fraction of the elderly population, representing a public health problem that is predicted to further increase in coming years because of the demographic drive. Being typically mild, it is falsely perceived as a minor problem, particularly in the elderly with multimorbidity, so that it often remains unrecognized and
Girelli, Domenico +2 more
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Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy, 2013 The population in developed countries is aging and the proportion of higher age categories in the age structure is increasing. In the Czech Republic inhabitants aged over 70 years represented 7% of population in the year 1970, 10% in the year 2009 and the expectation for the year 2030 is 25%.
Ladislav Dušek, Jiří Petera
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Two-population SIR model and strategies to reduce mortality in pandemics [PDF]
arXiv, 2021 Despite many studies on the transmission mechanism of the Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), it remains still challenging to efficiently reduce mortality. In this work, we apply a two-population Susceptible-Infected-Removed (SIR) model to investigate the COVID-19 spreading when contacts between elderly and non-elderly ...
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BMC Pediatrics, 2018 Background Our aim was to design a study to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of adding physiotherapy to conventional treatment for children with functional constipation in primary care.
Jojanneke J. G. T. van Summeren +8 more
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BMC Palliative Care, 2021 Background The integration of palliative care into primary health care has been advocated to improve its accessibility and the continuity of care. Recent studies on such an approach have mainly focused on health care cost and utilization. This study aims
Helen Yue-lai Chan +3 more
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Aging Medicine, 2021 Main Problem Frailty is an established risk factor for cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease. Few studies have examined the longitudinal relationship between frailty and cognition. Methods Participants of Rush Memory and Aging project (n = 625, 67.5%
Lindsay M. K. Wallace +6 more
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